The economic crisis in Yemen has driven up the price of most basic needs. Yemenis are suffering more and more from a lack of fuel, electricity, cooking gas, water and some food items. However, there are indications that the one thing that has not been affected by the crisis is qat consumption.The qat markets are still crowded with customers. The number of qat buyers has even increased in the ‘Change Squares’ and some street corners.Omar Al-Khateeb, general manager of a travel company, told the Yemen Times that everything has been affected in Yemen except qat. He said that that ...

Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) into a fuel oil tanker near the Yemeni port of Aden on Wednesday morning, but the vessel and its cargo were recovered, the ship manager said.
The 26 crew members on board the Brillante Virtuoso, which was carrying over 141,000 tonnes of fuel oil from Ukraine to Qingdao in China, abandoned ship after pirates fired into their bedroom block in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
"It is understood that the pirates fired RPG into the accommodation area, which started a fire," ship manager Central Mare Inc. said in a statement.
"As a result the ...

Two soldiers were also killed as Yemeni troops retaliated against al-Qaeda militants who stormed army camp.
The unrest is part of widening chaos in Yemen since protests broke out in February against the 33-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
He is being treated in Saudi Arabia after an attack on his palace in June.
Speaking in Riyadh on Tuesday, the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said the health of the Yemeni president was "generally good".
He gave no further details on the 64-year-old leader's condition or plans.
Southern clashes
A battle has been raging for ...